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Treds? Slow?
Treds can be good, or bad. Depends on your approach and strategy. You can make treads move very fast, but keep in mind, more surface area = less psi of power. Chances are with treds, you can be speedy, with lots of traction, and won't lose a pushing match, but you also won't win.
With treds you probably won't be able to actually PUSH as hard against another robot but you will be able to hold your ground against one trying to push you or take a goal away.
2 Examples of tread usage:
1) Wizards (don't know team number) I believe it was 6" wide or more treads, they could nearly climb a wall, but they were very slow going up and down the bridge.
2)'da Bears (247) We had a serpentine design last year that was decently speedy with 1" wide tread. We were able to push around obstructions, and the 2 goals onto the bridge. Downside was in 2 matches our treads popped off disabling us where we stood and we were tough to be pushed out of the way.
In this years game I don't think treads will be too great of an idea. Treads are more for ATV robots so they can keep traction over obstacles. A peice of timing belt wrapped around wheels I think can give more power and almost as good of traction as treads can.
3¢.
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